Completed in 1910 for George Ewing and Sallie Sample Ewing, this Queen Anne residence reflects the standing of a merchant family that shaped civic life in Gonzales. George was born January 9, 1864, in Brenham, the son of George and Kate Ewing. He came to Gonzales in 1901 to manage the Alamo Lumber Company, later known as the Ewing Lumber Company. He married Sallie Sample on November 18, 1903. Sallie was born May 13, 1879, at Pilgrim, the daughter of James Madison Sample of Alabama and Henrietta White Sample of Mississippi. The couple raised two daughters and two sons.
Family service in the Civil War formed part of their story. George’s father fought with Hood’s Texas Brigade. Sallie’s father served under Robert E. Lee and was present at Appomattox. George later served as mayor of Gonzales from 1923 to 1934 and led the city’s first street paving program. Sallie directed the First Baptist Church choir for many years.
George died June 14, 1936. Sallie died April 26, 1972. Both are buried in the Gonzales Woodman of the World Cemetery.